The University Senate of Michigan Technological University
Proposal 5-16 (editorial changes 03-31-16)
(Voting Units: Academic)
Scheduling of Examinations, Projects, Presentations and Papers During
Career Day Fair
I.
Introduction
For many students Career Fair has become a major component of a
Michigan Tech education. To better support the students we
recommend that faculty use this event to help students work through
scheduling conflicts as developing professionals. And to do so in a
supportive way that understands the stress and focus students rightly
put into career fair.
II.
Proposed Policy
Regular examinations, major projects and papers, and presentations
shall not be given or be due on the day of career fair day. All
Instructors are encouraged to consider how involved the students in
each of their classes are with career fair and address other days in the
week appropriately.
Lower level students are encouraged to attend career fair to learn the
ropes, and seek internships and co-ops. Faculty in courses with high
numbers of lower level students, new to managing the conflicting
demands of being an adult student, should consider providing more
support to help those students develop good habits of planning ahead
and communicating clearly, early, and respectfully about conflicts.
A regular examination, major projects or papers, or presentation is
taken to be any assignment comprising a significant portion of a
student’s overall grade and which would require major preparation.
Evening exams are included as they are regular exams held outside of
scheduled class times (senate policy 601.1).
Regular weekly assignments, such as lab reports, are not considered
major papers. However, instructors of lower division classes with
career fair attending students are encouraged to move the due date a
day earlier or in some other way help lower level students plan ahead.
Proposal 5-16
21 October 2015
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